Author and editor Ta-Nehisi Coates will lecture on “A Deeper Black: Race in the Age of Obama,” on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at Stetson University. The presentation is free and open to the public and will be held in the Stetson Room of the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave., DeLand. On […]
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John Thompson spent 18 years in prison and 14 years on death row before being exonerated of a crime he did not commit. On Jan. 26, Thompson shared his experiences with Stetson University College of Law students and spoke about the importance of responsibility and accountability. “Now is the time for you to decide what […]
Continue ReadingDr. Emily C. Richardson, dean and associate professor at the University College of Widener University in Chester, Pa., has been named associate vice president for Boundless Learning and visiting professor of Education at Stetson University, starting in March. Richardson will develop and lead a comprehensive strategy for the university’s new Boundless Learning initiative to advance innovative […]
Continue ReadingPhoto essayist Brendan Bannon will visit Stetson University on Monday, Feb. 6, to give a presentation about his photographs documenting the plight of people living in Sub-Saharan Africa. Bannon’s presentation will be at 7 p.m. in the duPont-Ball Library, lower level, Room 25, accessed from the Nemec Courtyard on the north side of the library, […]
Continue ReadingViolinist Routa Kroumovitch and pianist Michael Rickman, both critically acclaimed professors in the Stetson University School of Music, will give a Faculty Recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, in Lee Chapel of Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. The concert will include works by Mozart, Gabriel Fauré, Beethoven and the Concert Fantasy on […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s School of Music and Office of Career Development will present Daytime Emmy Award winner Wesley Whatley in a special lecture Monday, Feb. 6, 3:30-5:30 p.m. The presentation, “If You Can Make It There: The Business of Making It in the Big Apple,” will take place in Presser Hall, Room 132, 419 N. Woodland Blvd., […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Gender Studies Program will present “Untold Stories: A Closer Look,” a performance by Emotions Dance Company, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The performance will be held in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, and is free and open to the public. Untold Stories originally premiered in […]
Continue ReadingJ.S. Bach will do battle with Michael Jackson in a spirited concert featuring the Stetson University Cello Choir in concert Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. “Cellobration” will be held in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. Stetson cello professor David Bjella will lead 12 cellists in a variety of compositions, […]
Continue ReadingEXPERIENCE C-SPAN’S CAMPAIGN 2012 BUS IN ORLANDO JANUARY 27-28 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BRIGHT HOUSE NETWORKS – C-SPAN BUS COMES TO STETSON UNIVERSITY FRIDAY, JAN. 27 (This news release comes from C-SPAN and Bright House Networks.) WASHINGTON (January 23, 2012) – Orlando residents will join the thousands who have toured the C-SPAN Campaign 2012 Bus when it stops in Orlando January […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s School of Music will present internationally renowned classical guitarist Stephen Robinson in concert on Friday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m. Robinson will collaborate with a remarkable group of Stetson colleagues in performances of unusual combinations of instruments with guitar. Joining Robinson will be Routa Kroumovitch (violin), David Bjella (cello), Michael Rickman (piano), Lloyd […]
Continue ReadingRevolution, ethnic violence, and democratic elections — these events shaped the year 2010 in the small Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. This turmoil in Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic that hosts military bases from both the United States and Russia, is the subject of a new documentary film that will be shown at Stetson University […]
Continue ReadingStetson University will present ZAWA, a flute duo guest recital, on Thursday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m., in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. ZAWA is a renowned flute duo comprised of guest flutists, Jill Felber and Claudia Anderson, who have performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Brazil. ZAWA was […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson University family welcomed the newest member into the fold on Friday night when John B., the new Athletics mascot, made his debut at the Edmunds Center. Shrouded in smoke, John B. made his first public appearance at halftime of the Hatters’ Atlantic Sun Conference basketball game against Florida Gulf Coast. With sirens blaring […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Art Department will open its spring season Friday, Jan. 27, with three major exhibitions – Concentrated Color: Watercolors by Oscar Bluemner from the Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection; Judith Page: The Politics of the Personal; and Teapots from the Collection of Arthur Goldberg. The opening reception will be 6-8 p.m. Jan.27, in the Homer and Dolly Hand […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Gillespie Museum will present “For the Love of Rocks and Minerals” on Saturday, Feb. 4, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Participants will have the opportunity to tour Stetson’s Earth Science Museum and join a beading workshop or hand-craft natural gifts in time for Valentine’s […]
Continue ReadingThe Stetson University School of Music will present Songs of Perfect Propriety by Seymour Barab, featuring Stetson piano professor, Dr. Kristie Born, and guest soprano soloist Amy E. Wheeler, on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Born describes this recital as a cabaret show hybrid, which will highlight words by Dorothy Parker, from Parker’s writings and poems, interspersed among the […]
Continue ReadingThe Cross-Cultural Center, the Jewish Student Organization (Hillel), the Chaplain’s Office, the Department of International Learning, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Diversity Council are co-sponsoring a workshop on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24. The workshop will be held in the Stetson Room of the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave., DeLand, and […]
Continue ReadingAfter months of anticipation, and more than a decade in the making, Stetson University will make history on Friday night, Jan. 20, with the unveiling of a new Athletics mascot. Last spring Stetson Athletics initiated a “Mascot Challenge” to design a new mascot for Hatters Athletics. That effort will culminate Friday, when the new Stetson Athletics mascot […]
Continue ReadingStetson University offers a full array of cultural opportunities open to the public, including concerts and operas by the School of Music, art exhibitions in the Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center, plays at Stover Theatre, collections and exhibitions at the Gillespie Museum of Minerals and many public lectures. Some programs are free, while others have […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s School of Music has successfully completed a comprehensive accreditation review by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) Commission on Accreditation, according to NASM Executive Director Samuel Hope, whose letter accompanied the commission’s report. The Commission Action Report, received by Dr. Jean West, dean of the School of Music, included the following […]
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